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G. SOHMITT. EXTENSION TABLE.

No. 340,368. Patented Apr. 20, 1886.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT Orrica.

GEORGE SC-HMlTlT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EXTENSION-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nb. 340,368, dated April 20, 1886. Application filed January 5, 1886. Serial No. 187,('|94. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE SoHMITT, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Extension-Tables, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of my improved table extended. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation ofthe same closed. Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation of the same, taken through the line it :0, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an under side view of the same extended and part being broken away. Fig. 5 isa side elevation of one of the side plates and its rollers.

My invention relates to certain improvements in that class of extension -tables for which Letters Patent No. 833,341 were granted to me on the 29th day of December, 1885, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the table, as will be hereinafter fully described. A and B are the end frames of the table, each of which consists of a cross-bar havinga leg attached to each end. 0 is the center frame, which consists of a crossbar having a leg attached to its center. The ends of the cross-bar of the center frame, 0, are attached to the ends of two metal plates, D, the other ends of which are attached to the ends of the cross-bar of the end frame, B.

Tothe end frame, A, is attached the wide stationary part E of the table-top, and to the end frame, B, is attached the narrow stationary part F of the table-top. The lowerside of the inner edge of the narrow stationary part F is beveled to fit upon the slats G, which form the movable part of the tabletop as the said slats begin to incline downward.

H I J are the extension-slides, which are made and operated in the ordinary manner. The slides H are attached to the end frame, A, and to the wide part Eof the table-top. The slides J are attached to the narrow part F of the tablertop and to the side boards, K, attached. to the side plates, D; but the slides J and side boards, K, do not extend quite to the end frame, B. The side boards, K, are

slotted from their innerends nearly to their outer ends, and their outer ends and the inner ends of their lower parts are rounded, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The outer sides of the upper edges of the side boards, K, are rabbeted, and the rabbets are extended continuously around the rounded outer ends, the loweredges, the rounded inner ends, and the lower sides of the slots of the said side boards.

To the projecting parts of the rabbeted edges of the side boards, K, are attached thin sheetmetal straps L, forming L shaped grooves to receive the thin metallic tongues M attached to the inner sides of the ends of the'slats G, the inner sides of the said slats being grooved near their ends to receive the straps L and the projecting parts of the rabbeted edges of the side boards, K, as shown in Figs. 3 and tthe said grooves and the tongues M beingcontinued along the inner side of the wide stationary part E of the table-top, to form ways for thestraps L and the projecting parts of the edges of the side boards, K, when the table is closed. The outer ends of the side boards, K, and the inner ends of the lower parts of the said boards are recessed upon their outer sides to receive the wheels N pivoted to the side plates, D, to lessen the friction of the slats G when passing around the rounded ends of the said side boards. The inner slat, G, is hinged to theinner edge ofthe wide stationary part E of the tabletop, and all the slats of the series are connected together by canvas 0, or other suitable flexible material glued or otherwise secured to their lower sides. The adjacent edges of the slats G are tongued and grooved to each other, as indicated in Fig. 3, tokeep them in the same horizontal plane when forming a part of the table-top, so that the said table-top will have a smooth upper surface. The tongues and grooves of the edges of the slats G do not extend quite to the ends of the said slats, so that the said ends exposed at the sides of the table will not be disfigured. NVith this construction,when the table is closed by pushing one or both of its ends inward the slats G will follow the straps L along the edges of the side boards, K, so'

that the table when closed will occupy but little space. The table is extended by drawing one or both of its ends outward. The wheels N lessen the friction of the slats G when passing around the rounded ends of the side boards, K, so that the table can be readily opened and closed.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In an extension-table, the combination, with the frame A B C, the stationary parts E F of the table-top, the connected slats G, and the extension-slides H I J, of the side plates, D, attached to the end and center frames, the slotted side boards, K, having rounded ends and rabbeted edges, the metallic straps L, attached to the projecting parts of the said rabbeted edges, and the metallic tongues M, attached to the grooved inner sides of the said connected slats, substantially as herein shown and described,whereby the table can be closed into asmall space and opened to any desired extent, as set forth.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWIo-K. 

